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Senegalese Firm Creates A Digital Voice Signature

This is one of those products you would expect to do well in Africa. An African company taking technology  to the level of the citizens. Here, a Senegalese company  (Gainde 2000) has developed  a solution that makes it possible for people to sign contracts via voice. Yes, you can pronounce a word to execute a contract!

ORBUS SIGN is a digital voice signature solution that allows users the option of signing electronically by pronouncing a word or expression. Conceived for signing one or multiple electronic documents by voice recognition (contracts, invoices, etc.), ORBUS SIGN integrates biometric software capable of recording a unique 'voiceprint', comparable to a fingerprint or retina pattern, since there are no two identical voices. Once the voiceprint has been recorded, it can be used to verify the identity of a person in the next signature process.

According to Ibrahima Nour Eddine Diagne, General Manager at GAINDE 2000, "ORBUS SIGN eliminates handwritten signatures in a long process generally entailing the printing, distribution and waiting for signed documents to be sent and returned. It is also a solution that brings a simple alternative, particularly in Africa, where illiteracy is nearly 40%."

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I think this would be promising as companies explore opportunities at the  bottom of the pyramid market segment where most of the citizens remain non-literate. Imagine banks and insurance companies integrating this solution in their products to deliver services to customers who can neither read nor write.

The 'voice signature' is indeed promising, ofcourse with hurdles still to be crossed. The legal admissibility, and the consumers readiness. We know that digital signature or scanned version can be done once and repeated infinitely. Will same be applicable to voice? If so, who takes custody of the voice? The owner (with literacy challenges) or the institution(s)? It looks good, as long as it takes away those frictions still experienced with the incumbents. Let's see the evolution...

Would you still put your money on this after seeing this? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/05/03/robot-speech-simulator-can-imitate-anyones-voice/